When a prisoner comes out of jail in Uttar Pradesh, he will no longer be dependent on his family for survival and will be able to fend for himself. The Uttar Pradesh Skill Development Mission and Prison Administration and Reform Services have joined hands to train prisoners across the state in various skills to make them self-reliant. Director, Skill Development Mission, Andra Vamsi said: “We have partnered with the prison department for the training of prisoners in eight sectors including making of apparels, carpets, electrical works, construction and plumbing. “We have already trained at least 1,129 prisoners in 11 jails of the state. Efforts are on to train the inmates of other jails. We have registered 3,914 prisoners from remaining jails.” Vamsi said only those prisoners should be named for training who have at least three months left for release and can be acquainted with the entire syllabus.

“The enrolment target has been accomplished in 25 districts out of 68. These districts include Baghpat, Ballia, Barabanki, Bhadohi, Bareilly, Bulandshahr, Etah, Farrukhabad, Firozabad, Hamirpur, Jhansi, Lakhimpur Kheri, Jaunpur, Lalitpur, Mahoba, Mainpuri, Mau, Moradabad, Pilibhit, Pratapgarh, Rampur, Sant Kabir Nagar, Sitapur, Unnao and Varanasi,” he added. DG, Prisons, S.N. Sabat said a special drive will be organised from July 31 to August 2, in coordination with the post offices of the districts concerned, to provide Aadhaar cards to prisoners. A virtual meeting of jail superintendents, district coordinators, UPSDM and MIS managers was held and were instructed to meet training providers, district coordinators and MIS managers to remove bottlenecks.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will on inaugurate projects worth over Rs 80,000 crore during his one-day visit to Uttar Pradesh on Friday. After reaching Lucknow, he will attend the UP Investors Summit and then visit the Pathri Mata Mandir in Kanpur along with President Ram Nath Kovind, as per the information shared by the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO)

“Around 11 am, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will reach Indira Gandhi Pratishthan, Lucknow where he will attend the Ground Breaking Ceremony @3.0 of the UP Investors Summit. Around 1:45 pm, the Prime Minister will reach Paraunkh village, Kanpur, where he will accompany President Ram Nath Kovind to visit Pathri Mata Mandir,” according to a PMO release on Thursday.

“During the Ground Breaking Ceremony, Prime Minister will lay the foundation stone of 1406 projects worth more than Rs 80,000 crores. The projects encompass diverse sectors like Agriculture and Allied, IT and Electronics, MSME, Manufacturing, Renewable Energy, Pharma, Tourism, Defence & Aerospace, Handloom & Textiles etc. The ceremony will be attended by top industry leaders of the country,” the release mentioned further.

It is anticipated that PM Modi will visit Dr. B R Ambedkar Bhavan and then accompany the President to Milan Kendra, Kovind’s ancestral house.